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The DARK ELEMENT is a project fronted by vocalist Anette Olzon, together with Finnish guitarist and songwriter Jani Liimatainen. November 8th sees the release of the duo’s second album entitled Songs The Night Sings. Watch the lyric video for the new track “The Pallbearer Walks Alone.”

When dealing with anxiety and depression, it can be easy to get stuck in an endless loop of antidepressants, alcohol abuse and reliving past trauma. If you’re not careful, the cycle can consume you and make it hard to decipher between false memories and reality. It’s in these dire times that we can often find mental clarity in music. Cleveland metalcore band Sink The Ship frenetically explore these thoughts in their new single “Demons,” the first song released on their new record label, Arising Empire.

Washington, DC metalcore pioneers DARKEST HOUR announce a run of West Coast tour dates for December, with a nine city co-headlining tour alongside Unearth. Offers...

Outburn caught up quickly with Exhumed’s Matt Harvey, to discuss some of the cinematic inspiration behind their latest platter of splatter for Relapse Records, the succinctly titled Horror. We shot from the hip with a little rapid fire Q and A about some of Matt’s favorite (and least favorite) moments from the worlds of slashers, monsters, the unhinged, and the undead.

WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE OF DEAD FRIENDS’ “CIS WHITE WHALE” ON OUTBURN.COM The band says, “Cis White Whale” is a song about entitlement and feeling like the world owes you something based on where you’ve been. What better visual companion piece than the world of politics?”

For Japanese legends Boris, 2019 has been a year of opening and closing chapters. The trio released a new double-LP LφVE & EVφL, reissued their seminal albums Akuma No Uta and Feedbacker, and just closed out a behemoth North American tour alongside experimental duo Uniform. In celebration of the year’s myriad milestones, Boris has released a video for their droning torch song “Shadow of Skull.”

LISTEN TO THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE OF AMARIONETTE’S “PERFECT” ON OUTBURN.COM “We’ve always been fans of Dance Gavin Dance, and thought it would be cool to do a cover of a song that flew under the radar for the most part.”

US black metal icons ABIGAIL WILLIAMS have revealed more of their anticipated fifth record, Walk Beyond the Dark, with new single “Ever So Bold.” The band returns with their boldest and most diverse offering to date: their fifth record, Walk Beyond the Dark, to be released November 15 via Blood Music.

The undisputed inventor of dungeon synth, MORTIIS, is set to unleash new music unto the world in form of a release entitled Spirit of...

Periphery, who recently wrapped up their wildly successful Periphery IV: HAIL STAN North American tour, extend the outing, adding a Winter 2020 swing through the U.S. with festivities kicking off on Jan. 30 in San Francisco.